Archive for the 'Gadgets & Gear' Category
Garmin Forerunner 10 GPS Watch for Runners
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012Garmin has a new GPS-enabled watch designed for runners called the Forerunner 10. The easly-to-use, lightweight running watch is designed to allow runners to simply push a button and start running. The timepiece will let you see how far and how fast you’ve gone along with some nifty advanced features and social/motivational functions. The timer [...]
Withings Health Companion
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012Withings has come out with a new (and free) health and fitness iOS app, called Withings Health Companion that will provide you with some powerful and comprehensive reporting about your body and the current state of your health. The Withings Health Companion is the simple way to take care of yourself and stay healthy. It’s [...]
New Bluetooth Standards for Running and Cycling
Monday, September 3rd, 2012The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced new standards that could accelerate the adoption and use of Bluetooth technology in sport and fitness devices. The new standards are designed to extend the capabilities for real-time running and cycling data monitoring, The newly approved standards, made possible by Bluetooth v4.0 low energy technology, will enable [...]
RunKeeper with GymPact Charges you for not Exercising
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012Miss a workout and pay the price. A new alliance between RunKeeper and GymPact will penalize you if you fail to do the workout you promised. Gympact is a service where you make a ‘pact’ to exercise on certain days of the week. If you miss a workout you must pay the monetary penalty you [...]
A band-aid that monitors your heart
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010We are used to seeing band aids on scrapes and cuts, but this is an entirely different kind of band aid. The Piix Smart Band-Aid monitors your heart and reports your cardiac activity to you. Qualcomm is working with CARDIONET on the device. It can give you info on beat-to-beat, real time analysis, automatic arrhythmia [...]
